Form 8.3 - Anglo American PLC

Societe Generale SA

22 May 2024

 

FORM 8.3

PUBLIC OPENING POSITION DISCLOSURE/DEALING DISCLOSURE BY

A PERSON WITH INTERESTS IN RELEVANT SECURITIES REPRESENTING 1% OR MORE

Rule 8.3 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

(a) Full name of discloser:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
(b) Owner or controller of interests and short positions disclosed, if different from 1(a):      The naming of nominee or vehicle companies is insufficient.  For a trust, the trustee(s), settlor and beneficiaries must be named.
(c) Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities this form relates:      Use a separate form for each offeror/offeree	Anglo American plc
(d) If an exempt fund manager connected with an offeror/offeree, state this and specify identity of offeror/offeree:
(e) Date position held/dealing undertaken:      For an opening position disclosure, state the latest practicable date prior to the disclosure	21/05/2024
(f)  In addition to the company in 1(c) above, is the discloser making disclosures in respect of any other party to the offer?      If it is a cash offer or possible cash offer, state "N/A"	Yes: BHP Group Limited

2.         POSITIONS OF THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

If there are positions or rights to subscribe to disclose in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 2(a) or (b) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security.

(a)        Interests and short positions in the relevant securities of the offeror or offeree to which the disclosure relates following the dealing (if any)

Class of relevant security:	USD 0.54945 ordinary
	Interests		Short positions
	Number	%	Number	%
(1)  Relevant securities owned and/or controlled:	10,232,514	0.77	1,717,877	0.13
(2)  Cash-settled derivatives:	4,123,213	0.31	3,764,301	0.28
(3)  Stock-settled derivatives (including options) and agreements to purchase/sell:	350,000	0.03	1,250,000	0.09
TOTAL:	14,705,727	1.10	6,732,178	0.50

All interests and all short positions should be disclosed.

Details of any open stock-settled derivative positions (including traded options), or agreements to purchase or sell relevant securities, should be given on a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions).

(b)        Rights to subscribe for new securities (including directors' and other employee options)

Class of relevant security in relation to which subscription right exists:
Details, including nature of the rights concerned and relevant percentages:

3.         DEALINGS (IF ANY) BY THE PERSON MAKING THE DISCLOSURE

Where there have been dealings in more than one class of relevant securities of the offeror or offeree named in 1(c), copy table 3(a), (b), (c) or (d) (as appropriate) for each additional class of relevant security dealt in.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

(a)        Purchases and sales

Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3,220	26.72941
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	25	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	12	26.83
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	12	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	49	26.86423
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3,220	26.72941
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3	26.86866
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	2,087	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	625	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	1,205	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	9	26.525
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	9	26.6193
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	858	26.9532
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	4,454	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	74	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	156	26.87107
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	84	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	9	26.855
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	603	26.53049
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	532	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	603	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	532	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	236	26.84358
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	7,250	26.86
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	112	26.61
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	162	26.83
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	243	26.83682
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	6,624	26.86866
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	1,081	26.86893
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.86893
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	149	26.86893
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	16	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	18	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	47	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	56	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	91	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	129	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	193	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	213	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	242	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	276	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	310	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	441	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	441	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	10	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	1,843,317	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	128	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	56	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	2,200	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	208	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	17	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	19	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	40	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	673	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3,044	26.87107
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	1,568	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	24	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	33	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	237	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	87	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	3,044	26.87
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Purchase	883	31.1
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit GBP
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	3	26.86866
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	3	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	3,220	26.72941
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	49	26.86423
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	625	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	1,205	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	2,087	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	9	26.855
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	9	26.525
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	1,208	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	2,417	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	48,335	26.54
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	673	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	7,250	26.86
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	532	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	1,081	26.86893
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	603	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	603	26.53049
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	532	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	243	26.83682
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	88	26.535
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	101	26.78
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	7	26.56
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	23	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	27	26.755
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	32	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	34	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	35	26.655
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	43	26.845
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	50	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	66	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	75	26.655
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	80	26.56
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	83	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	88	26.75
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	89	26.57
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	91	26.56
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	92	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	94	26.745
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	111	26.805
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	114	26.755
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	119	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	145	26.59
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	190	26.56
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	195	26.55
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	195	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	201	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	201	26.935
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	241	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	300	26.595
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	400	26.6
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	17	26.63
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	66	26.635
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	15	26.575
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	54	26.635
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	70	26.635
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	108	26.635
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.57
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.62
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.62
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.635
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.64
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	124	26.835
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	147	26.575
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	166	26.835
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	330	26.655
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	387	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	236	26.84358
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	441	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	156	26.87107
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	3,044	26.87107
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	1,568	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	84	26.87134
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	6,801	26.87072
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	6,624	26.86866
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	858	26.9532
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	9	26.6193
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	355,674	26.555
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	237	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	33	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	24	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	87	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	3,044	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	74	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	4,454	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	208	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	40	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	19	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	56	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	17	26.8
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	2,200	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	128	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	276	26.86893
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	149	26.86893
Class of relevant security	Purchase/sale	Number of securities	Price per unit EUR
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Sale	33	31.47

(b)        Cash-settled derivative transactions

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g., CFD	Nature of dealing e.g., opening/closing a long/short position, increasing/reducing a long/short position	Number of reference securities	Price per unit GBP
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a Short position	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	3,220	26.72941
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a long position	49	26.86423
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	25	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	12	26.83
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	12	26.87
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a Short position	49	26.86423
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a Short position	10,000	26.88915
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Increasing a Short position	3,220	26.72941
USD 0.54945 ordinary	CFD	Reducing a Short position	3,220	26.72941

(c)        Stock-settled derivative transactions (including options)

(i)         Writing, selling, purchasing or varying

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Writing, purchasing, selling, varying etc.	Number of securities to which option relates	Exercise price per unit	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date	Option money paid/ received per unit

(ii)        Exercise

Class of relevant security

Product description e.g. call option

Exercising/ exercised against

Number of securities

Exercise price per unit

(d)        Other dealings (including subscribing for new securities)

Class of relevant security

Nature of dealing e.g. subscription, conversion

Details

Price per unit (if applicable)

4.         OTHER INFORMATION

(a)        Indemnity and other dealing arrangements

Details of any indemnity or option arrangement, or any agreement or understanding, formal or informal, relating to relevant securities which may be an inducement to deal or refrain from dealing entered into by the person making the disclosure and any party to the offer or any person acting in concert with a party to the offer: Irrevocable commitments and letters of intent should not be included.  If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(b)        Agreements, arrangements or understandings relating to options or derivatives

Details of any agreement, arrangement or understanding, formal or informal, between the person making the disclosure and any other person relating to: (i)  the voting rights of any relevant securities under any option; or (ii) the voting rights or future acquisition or disposal of any relevant securities to which any derivative is referenced: If there are no such agreements, arrangements or understandings, state "none"

None

(c)        Attachments

Is a Supplemental Form 8 (Open Positions) attached?

YES

Date of disclosure:	22/05/2024
Contact name:	Paul Jenkins
Telephone number:	[phone]

Public disclosures under Rule 8 of the Code must be made to a Regulatory Information Service.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

SUPPLEMENTAL FORM 8 (OPEN POSITIONS)

DETAILS OF OPEN STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVE (INCLUDING OPTION) POSITIONS, AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Note 5(i) on Rule 8 of the Takeover Code (the "Code")

1.         KEY INFORMATION

Full name of person making disclosure:	SOCIETE GENERALE SA
Name of offeror/offeree in relation to whose relevant securities the disclosure relates:	Anglo American PLC

2.         STOCK-SETTLED DERIVATIVES (INCLUDING OPTIONS)

Class of relevant security	Product description e.g. call option	Written or purchased	Number of securities to which option or derivative relates	Exercise price per unit EUR	Type e.g. American, European etc.	Expiry date
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed call-option	Sale	250,000	2000	American options	20/12/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	250,000	2000	American options	21/06/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	250,000	2480	American options	16/08/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed call-option	Purchase	100,000	2800	American options	20/12/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed Put Option	Sale	150,000	1700	American options	21/06/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	Listed Put Option	Purchase	100,000	2800	American options	20/12/2024
USD 0.54945 ordinary	OTC Put Option	Sale	500,000	15	American options	21/06/2024

3.         AGREEMENTS TO PURCHASE OR SELL ETC.

Full details should be given so that the nature of the interest or position can be fully understood:

It is not necessary to provide details on a Supplemental Form (Open Positions) with regard to cash-settled derivatives.

The currency of all prices and other monetary amounts should be stated.

The Panel's Market Surveillance Unit is available for consultation in relation to the Code's disclosure requirements on [phone].

The Code can be viewed on the Panel's website at www.thetakeoverpanel.org.uk.

 

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